Duke Doyle ceramic lamp by a foggy studio window
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Duke Doyle

Handmade ceramic lamps, vessels and tableware.

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Two carved globe ceramic lamps glowing warm
Nest Globe PairCarved stoneware · Warm glow
Crosshatch carved globe lamp base closeup
Crosshatch GlobeHand-carved · Amber glaze
Bark globe lamp base radiating lines closeup
Bark GlobeRadial texture · Natural stoneware
Squat bowl lamp with woven raffia shade
Saturn LampTwo-tone glaze · Woven shade
Dark spiral lamp with tole shade
Spiral BaseDark glaze · Tole shade
Wide cone lamp with amber pleated shade
Fingerprint ConeScratched surface · Amber shade
Stacked geometric cube lamp with drum shade
Forest LampBark texture · Electric green shade
Speckled blue amber lamp with pink pleated shade outdoors
Speckled AmberBlue crackle glaze · Pink pleated shade
Carved leaf feather pattern lamp with linen pleated shade
Leaf LampCarved feather pattern · Linen shade
Textured bulb lamp with purple striped shade
Pebble BulbTextured stoneware · Purple stripe shade
Celadon ribbed beehive lamp with green tole shade
Celadon RibbedRibbed beehive · Green tole shade
Organic lumpy form lamp with orange pleated shade
Blue TeardropCrawl glaze · Double parchment shade
Blue teardrop lamp with double tier parchment shade
Organic FormPinched stoneware · Orange shade
Triangle totem lamp sculpture closeup detail
— hand built bases —

Sculptural Lamps

Using different hand building techniques, Duke has been exploring stacking forms with repeated geometric motifs.

Step OneHand-built construction Step TwoIncised geometric carving Step ThreeGlaze & fire
Stacked geometric cube lamp full shot with drum shade
Cube TotemFull lamp · Slab-built stacking forms
Ribbed cylinder totem lamp side angle warm light
Ribbed Totem IStacked cylinders · Pleated shade
Ribbed cylinder totem lamp front glowing warm
Ribbed Totem IIStacked cylinders · Warm glow
— vessels, reamers & tableware —

Made to be used

Full shelf display of ceramic collection
The CollectionBowls, plates & vessels · Various glazes
Flat lay of mixed bowls and plates on wood
Mixed Glaze SeriesBowls & plates · Stoneware
Striped slab plates top-down
Stacked DarkIron-rich stoneware · Unglazed exterior
Fifteen speckled white bowls arranged on table
Bowl RunWheel-thrown · Speckled white glaze
Stack of dark stoneware bowls side on
Stripe PlatesSlab-built · Iron slip stripes
Speckled celadon teapot in kitchen
Celadon TeapotWheel-thrown · Speckled green glaze
Four ocean blue ceramic citrus reamers
Ocean ReamersWheel-thrown · Blue glaze series
Handmade ceramic mugs
MugsWheel-thrown · One of a kind
Handmade ceramic mug with textured glaze
MugsWheel-thrown · One of a kind
Handmade ceramic mug with ribbed texture
MugsWheel-thrown · One of a kind

Alongside the lamps, Duke makes wheel-thrown vessels, bowls, mugs, citrus reamers, teapots and functional ware built for daily use. Every piece is one of a kind.

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— how it's made —

The long, slow way

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Wedge & Centre

Clay wedged to remove air, centred on the wheel or prepared for slab work. Every piece starts the same way.

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Throw or Build

Lamp bases thrown on the wheel or hand-built from slabs. Sculptural forms assembled, carved and textured by hand.

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Fire & Glaze

Bisque fired, then glazed and fired again to cone 6. The surface is where the real decisions happen — and the surprises.

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Wire & Shade

Each lamp base drilled and wired by hand. Shades sourced — vintage, found, made — chosen to make the base sing.

Raw terracotta lamp body with hand-carved lines in studio
— in the studio —

Before the fire

Every surface on a finished lamp was cut by hand into leather-hard clay — in a narrow window, soft enough to cut cleanly, firm enough not to collapse.

This is the work that doesn't show in the finished piece. But it's the work that makes the finished piece.

Hands holding raw terracotta bowl with woven texture
Woven BowlStamped terracotta · Pre-fire
Four terracotta bowls with grey slip swirls
Slip-Swirl BowlsTerracotta · Grey slip · Pre-fire
Square dish with maze labyrinth carved pattern
Labyrinth DishIncised maze pattern · Pre-fire
Pottery
— available now —

The shop

Take home a one-of-a-kind handmade piece. If you're not seeing what you want in the shop, get in touch.

Salt dishes — group shot Salt dish — detail with salt

Small Pinched Dish

Dark stoneware with raw, organic edge. Perfect for anything from flaky salt (pictured) to a jewelry dish.

commissions always welcome ✦
— get in touch —

Custom commissions

Want a lamp for a specific space? A teapot as a gift? Duke takes commissions — describe what you're after and we'll figure it out together.

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